An investigation launched by Romanian authorities has discovered that the social media campaign that contributed to last month’s surprise first-round win by independent candidate Calin Georgescu in the country’s presidential election was not funded by Russia but rather by the pro-Western National Liberal Party (PNL), the media outlet Snoop has …
Read More »Ruling party defeats pro-Western opposition in Georgia election
Georgia’s ruling party is set to win the country’s parliamentary elections and secure a comfortable majority in the country’s legislature, early results published by the electoral committee have suggested. According to official figures, more than 54.2% of voters have favored Georgian Dream, with 99% of ballots processed. Voter turnout was marked …
Read More »Corbyn triumphs over former party in UK election
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has retained his seat in the UK parliament after running as an independent in Thursday’s general election. Corbyn won 24,120 votes in London’s Islington North constituency, comfortably ahead of Labour rival Praful Nargund, who received 16,873 votes. Turnout in the constituency was 67.5%, 4% …
Read More »Much of Ukraine aid stolen – French party leader
A large part of Western aid to Kiev is being embezzled by Ukrainian officials, despite President Vladimir Zelensky’s assurances that it is being used in the fight against Russia, a top French politician has said. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Florian Philippot, leader of the Patriots (Les …
Read More »Türkiye’s Erdogan concedes ruling party’s electoral loss
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged an electoral defeat for his Justice and Development Party (AKP), after it was projected to have lost to the opposition in Sunday’s municipal elections. The top offices in Türkiye’s largest cities were among those contested at the ballot box. The ruling party’s main …
Read More »Ukraine may require dictatorship to survive – Zelensky party MP
Ukraine may need to become a dictatorship in order to prevail in the conflict with Russia, an MP from President Vladimir Zelensky’s party has suggested. Zelensky has already concentrated a great deal of power in his hands and “makes most of the decisions” on behalf of the government, Sergey Demchenko …
Read More »Russia’s ruling party backs Putin’s presidential bid
The convention of the ruling United Russia party has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s bid to seek reelection next year as an independent candidate. If the incumbent leader wins the vote, it will be his fifth term in office. The motion was put to a vote by former president and …
Read More »Taiwan’s ruling party suffers election defeat
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has assumed all “responsibility” and stepped down as the head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) following a series of election defeats to the opposition candidates, who focused their campaign on local issues and maintaining peace without being overly confrontational with Beijing. On Saturday, the residents of …
Read More »US on verge of becoming party to Ukrainian conflict, Moscow warns
Washington’s continued support for Kiev during Moscow’s military operation has put the US on the verge of becoming party to the Ukrainian conflict, Russia’s deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Ryabkov has said. “We don’t want escalation. We’d like to avoid a situation, in which the US becomes a party to the …
Read More »America’s new third party emerges
Former Republicans and Democrats joined forces on Wednesday to create a new Centrist national party to meet the aspirations of Americans that say they are tired of the dysfunctional political system in the US. The new party, called Forward, is co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine …
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